16.3% ▼ -31.0%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lane Cove · State Electorate
Community Participation in Lane Cove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Lane Cove is marked by a strong spirit of giving, with a higher number of people volunteering than in most similar areas. While 16.3% of residents give their time to community work, this figure has fallen since 2011. Local contributions to unpaid care and housework generally follow state and national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of people in Lane Cove volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. Despite being higher than most areas, this rate has fallen by 7.3 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is common here, with 27.1% of people helping out, a little above the state average. Meanwhile, the 10.9% of residents providing other unpaid care is lower than most areas.
10.9% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, at just 1.6%. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Lane Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10044/lane-cove/topic/community